Chapter 1436 Offensive and defensive transition

Although Haihan's external expansion was mainly based on islands in most cases, in the past history of conquests, there have been records of conquering fortresses and even large cities. The largest city among them was when Haihan intervened in Annan.

During the civil war, he assisted the northern court in conquering Hue City, known as the most powerful city in the Indochina Peninsula. Compared with that city with three inner and outer moats and tall stone walls, the Jinzhou Fortress currently faced by the Haihan Army is indeed a fortress.

It's not a particularly powerful fortification.

However, compared with the weak South Vietnamese armed forces back then, the strength of the Hou Jin army stationed at the Jinzhou Fortress defense line was obviously much stronger. Not only did they have thousands of cavalry with rich combat experience, but they also had some who had defected to Hou Jin.

The firearms brought by the Ming army and the corresponding city defense tactics greatly increased the defensive strength of this line of defense.

This fortress defense line runs across the narrowest section of the Jinzhou Isthmus in an east-west direction. There are two main fortresses in between, and three smaller fortresses adjacent to it. These five fortresses are separated by about one foot and a half high earth.

The walls were connected, and the entire defense line stretched for several miles. To pass through this defense line, one had to take the sea route or pass through two main forts. And it was precisely because of the existence of this defense line that the

It is almost impossible for the Han people who moved here to escape from the north, so after Haihan took over the southern part of Jinzhou, he found that this place was as desolate as no man's land.

If we just want to find a breakthrough point in this line of defense, it is actually not difficult for Haihan. But Qian Tiandun and others want more than just tearing down a wall. After this battle,

Therefore, it takes such a long time to prepare and mobilize a large number of troops to the Northeast to fight the lion against the rabbit. In addition to the reason that the Ministry of National Defense wants to ensure victory in the war, another important reason is that the military hopes that through this combat operation,

Eliminate as much as possible the effective forces deployed by the Jin Army in the Liaodong Peninsula.

The military believes that it must inflict another heavy blow to Hou Jin to ensure that during the next truce period, Hou Jin will not send troops to harass Haihan from time to time. Such results will also help to complete a mission for Daming abroad.

Taking the last step, Hou Jin had to slow down his offensive against the Ming Dynasty and return his attention to the Liaodong Peninsula.

To create such a fighter plane, Hou Jin needs to gather a large number of troops. The Jinzhou Isthmus is undoubtedly an excellent location. The battlefield here is relatively narrow, which is extremely beneficial to the Haihan Army with strong firepower and poor maneuverability.

Moreover, the east and west sides of the Jinzhou Isthmus are bordered by the sea. This is almost equivalent to handing over the sea areas on both sides to the Haihan Navy. If necessary, Haihan can even directly cross this line of defense from the sea and send troops to the north to complete the landing. Therefore,

The Jinzhou Fortress defense line has never been a problem for Haihan. The real problem is how to eliminate as many enemies as possible in this place.

Start the war into Liaodong in winter, and then deliberately leave a winter preparation period for Hou Jin to allow sufficient time to complete the concentration of troops, and then go north to attack the Jinzhou Fortress defense line before they launch a counterattack, and defeat them

Blocking it here makes it easier to concentrate fire and eliminate it. This is the entire plan of the Ministry of National Defense.

This combat plan has gone through countless adjustments and revisions from preparation to implementation, and the final effect can be said to be very ideal, basically consistent with the imaginary battlefield situation when the Ministry of National Defense formulated the combat plan. As of now, it seems that Houjin

They have not discovered or thought of Haihan's true purpose, and are trying their best to strengthen this line of defense, trying to block Haihan in the area south of the Jinzhou Isthmus.

"If you were the commander on the opposite side, with the current conditions, how would you defend this line of defense?" Qian Tiandun asked Chen Yixin a question while observing the fortress defense line in the distance.

Chen Yixin put down the telescope and thought carefully for a while before responding: "If you want to hold this line of defense, no matter how many people you have, it won't be enough to kill you. In my opinion, holding on to this place and fighting our army will only lead to death, but

If we extend the depth of the battlefield and make full use of the mobility advantage of the cavalry, we still have a chance to fight against our army for a long time. After all, our army only has a few thousand troops, and it is impossible to be stationed in Liaodong for a long time. The strength and land mobility of our army are probably

Our military’s biggest shortcoming is now.”

"What you said makes sense, and we can't solve these two shortcomings in a short time." Qian Tiandun admitted this fact, but his tone was not serious: "But judging from the current situation

, the generals of Houjin have not yet figured out this key. Of course, this is mainly because they have no information about our army and do not know the composition of our forces."

Haihan's military advantage over Houjin lies not only in weapons, equipment and tactical systems, but military intelligence is also an extremely important factor. Haihan has a lot of information about Houjin's military composition, main generals, internal situation, etc., and then

Jin's understanding of Haihan was extremely limited. Especially after Haihan stationed in Shandong, the smugglers from Shandong to Liaodong almost disappeared under Haihan's intentional control. It was even more difficult for Jin to obtain relevant information about Haihan.

It gets harder.

For Hou Jin, Haihan's army organization, combat purposes, and deployment status were almost all a mystery. The possibility of defeating an opponent who was much stronger than himself on the battlefield blindfolded became even more difficult.

The result is minimal. And Haihan has even given corresponding training to ordinary soldiers, that is, if they are captured by the enemy on the battlefield, how to protect themselves by providing false information to confuse the enemy. Until now, Hou Jin has been able to determine the weapons and equipment.

In one aspect, it is far less advanced than its opponents. In other aspects, it is basically still blocked. Naturally, it is impossible to grasp Haihan's shortcomings.

Of course, this situation cannot be concealed forever. As the number of battles between the two sides increases, the other side will naturally be able to get a glimpse of Haihan's combat habits and deduce the real situation. Therefore, this spring offensive must also be

We must complete the combat plan formulated by the Ministry of National Defense before the other party wakes up.

The gate of the fortress named Jijiabao in the distance was tightly closed. It seemed that Hou Jin had no intention of even sending people out to symbolically drive away the Haihan army, and instead wanted to huddle inside and fight a defensive battle.

Fighting.

"These barbarian soldiers fought against Xuanda so that the Ming army did not dare to go out of the city to fight in the field. They probably did not expect that they would also be dealt with so miserably!" In any case, the current situation does have an inexplicable sense of relief.

Even Chen Yixin, who didn't have much favorable impression of Daming, couldn't help but sigh.

Wang Shouren, Mr. Yangming, once said: "Although the Ming Dynasty is huge, there are only four most important places. If these four places are lost, the Ming Dynasty will be destroyed."

The four places mentioned by Wang Yangming are Xuan Daji Liao, that is, Xuanfu, Datong, Jizhou, and Liaodong. Now that Liaodong has been lost, the three places of Xuan Daji are attacked by Hou Jin and Mongolia who go south to clear grass valleys and attack every year.

It is not once or twice that the Ming Dynasty entered the territory and directly threatened the capital. In the early years of the Ming Dynasty, it was still possible to deal with it head-on. However, in the past two years, as the domestic peasant army has become more and more violent, its ability to conduct foreign wars has also been greatly affected.

Whenever enemy cavalry invaded in large numbers, the Ming army stationed there did not dare to go out of the city to fight. They could only hold on to the fortified city and retreat on their own after the enemy troops had looted enough.

Under this ebb and flow, the arrogance of the Later Jin Army became more and more arrogant, while the fighting will of the Ming Army was getting worse year by year. However, the generals of the Later Jin Army never expected that the enemy would suddenly appear on the Liaodong Peninsula.

, was able to suppress them to the same situation as the Ming army. This change in offensive and defensive posture was probably not a scene that the generals of the Later Jin Dynasty wanted to see.

According to the information previously interrogated from the prisoners of war, the Jijiabao facing the special operations camp is one of the two large fortresses on the defense line, which can accommodate about 2,000 people for garrison. As one of the troops participating in the spring offensive,

The main force, the special operations battalion, naturally has to take on the task of attacking the fortress, and this fortress is tentatively designated as the target of the special operations battalion.

However, Qian Tiandun is not in a hurry. The artillery unit cooperating with the special operations battalion will come from the rear today to join them. They can set up positions here tomorrow at the latest and then focus their fire on the fortress.

Qian Tiandun knew that the artillery troops going north this time also specially brought artillery newly developed by Haihan Ordnance Industry. It is said that this artillery has passed the test firing test in Hainan Island. This time it was specially sent to the Northeast to test its effectiveness in the Northeast.

Combat performance in high latitudes. Of course, with the current increasingly warm temperatures, it is definitely impossible to achieve the ultimate test effect, but it is a perfect use for bombarding cities to see its power. After all, it is a test no matter how you fight on the shooting range.

Only by shooting real targets on the battlefield can the actual combat performance of the artillery be evaluated.

Although Hou Jin's current attitude is that he cannot retreat, Qian Tiandun is convinced that as long as he can use artillery to blast a gap in this defense line, Hou Jin will definitely choose to attack instead of waiting for Haihan to continue to cross the gap.

Open the bigger.

On the gate tower of Jijiabao, Qian Tiandun's opponents were also looking at the Haihan military camp on the plain in the distance, discussing similar issues.

"Erhe, the Haihan Army has been stationed here for a day, but they have not launched an offensive against us. What do you think is the reason?" Yangguli put his hands behind his back, as if to test his subordinates.

Erhe stood behind Yangu Li and responded cautiously: "Probably the Haihan people are still waiting for a suitable opportunity."

"Oh? What kind of timing do you think it is?" Yanguli continued to ask.

Erhe actually didn't know much about it, but since his superior asked about it, he could only bite the bullet and answer: "The Haihan people make good use of artillery in battle, maybe they are waiting for the artillery to be in place."

Erhe didn't know that he was more than half right. It was indeed impossible for the Haihan Army to send their precious infantry to the front line to fight a hand-to-hand siege. The main reason for stationing here was indeed

In order to wait for the artillery troops to be in position.

Yangguli said: "Actually, my views are similar to yours, but if we are guarding the city, how can we prevent the Haihan people from using artillery to bombard the city?"

Erhe heard Yang Guli's intention. Now he needed to plead guilty and perform meritorious service, but he did not dare not to accept the words. He could only grit his teeth and said: "I am willing to lead my troops out of the city to attack the enemy's formation and clear the way for the Duke."

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Seeing that Erhe was well informed, Yangguli also showed a smile: "Erhe, the Great Jin Kingdom needs warriors like you to charge into the battle, but not now. When their artillery is pushed to the front of the battle, they can start erecting it."

During the artillery position, you can lead your troops out of the city to attack. If you can defeat the artillery formation of the Haihan Army, I will personally ask Azigbele for your credit!"

After hearing this, Erhe didn't have much happy expression on his face. At this time, when he went out of the city to attack Haihan's camp, he was basically acting as a death squad. Although there would be some defensive loopholes when the opponent set up artillery, God knows.

Are these loopholes deliberately created by the Haihan people to lure the enemy? The last time they launched a cavalry charge, they were blown up by landmines and turned upside down. Erhe didn't want to be blown up during the charge.

But the problem is that he does not have the right to refuse now. As a guilty person, he can only obey the military order, even if the military order is to let him die. If he does not comply, it will be difficult for his people to continue to live a stable life in the future.

It was hard to predict how long he would live, even being used as an official slave. If he could exchange his own life for the stability of the tribe, Erhe could only accept this exchange.

Erhe complied with Yangu Li's order with a sullen face. He thought that he had recovered his life from Azig a few days ago, and the matter would be over. However, he did not expect that his life would be extended for only a few seconds.

It’s just a matter of days. Yangu Li’s order basically sentenced him to death. Erhe knew that Yangu Li would not really place his hope of a comeback on himself. The reason why he sent himself out of the city to kill was actually just to watch.

It just depends on the response strategy of the Haihan people. If we can find out the true and false of Haihan, or even successfully create some trouble for the opponent, then sacrificing some lives will indeed not be a big deal for a high-ranking general like Yanguli.

The Haihan Artillery Unit arrived at the special operations camp before sunset, but this scene should not be visible from the direction of Jijiabao. Dozens of artillery carts pulled by packhorses slowly entered the camp, followed by a number of

More flatbed trucks are used to transport supporting ammunition for artillery. Several of these guns are tightly covered with oilcloth, and they are the new artillery specially transported from Hainan Island this time.

Qian Tiandun called together the commanders of the artillery units and held a combat meeting overnight to explain to them the status of the target and the tactics he wanted to implement. These artillery units were transferred from several places and had not been deployed before.

The experience of working together to fight together, so Qian Tiandun must unify the minds of the officers before the war so that they can display their due strength on the battlefield.
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